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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo they told dotard it was a "cognitive" test, not that it's a test for dementia.
And the fool is running around bragging that he aced it and that the doctors were surprised he did so well! LMAO
The Velveteen Ocelot
(131,225 posts)Whoopee.
sprinkleeninow
(22,471 posts)and pacifier.
Nevilledog
(55,137 posts)It would be, after all, one of the few things he's ever been truthful about.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)And nobody has ever seen anybody do such a brilliant job at completing it. All the the big, manly, brave doctors were on their knees weeping and saying "Sir, we have never seen anything like this in our lives! You are the most brilliant man we have ever tested for dementia and we are in awe of your ability to identify a camel without hesitation!"
Ms. Toad
(38,822 posts)It is used as a gross screening tool for dementia (largely since any one who is 10 or older and not cognitively impaired can pass it).
The Velveteen Ocelot
(131,225 posts)
I was wrong; you have to be able to identify a lion, a camel and a rhinoceros, not a hippopotamus.
ARPad95
(1,672 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(131,225 posts)Disaffected
(6,568 posts)I'm as smart as Trump!
mahina
(20,708 posts)Positive for negative
Jesus help us
pandr32
(14,307 posts)struggle4progress
(126,683 posts)
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